Russka: The Novel of Russia Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Edward Rutherfurd
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Russka: The Novel of Russia Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Edward Rutherfurd
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finds Ivan?
(a) One of his brothers.
(b) One of the Prince of Polotsk's men.
(c) Shchek.
(d) One of his father's grooms.

2. What does Yanka get a woman to help her do?
(a) Win a husband.
(b) Abort a pregnancy.
(c) Leave her husband.
(d) Make money.

3. Who is Maryushka married to?
(a) A steward.
(b) An officer.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A merchant.

4. What happens when Boris says that one of the monks is guilty of heresy?
(a) The icons are taken down.
(b) Nothing happens.
(c) Stephen is executed.
(d) The Tsar confiscates his land.

5. What is Boris' only option?
(a) Raising taxes on his peasants.
(b) Sending his children away.
(c) Allying himself with a former enemy.
(d) Fleeing his region.

6. How old is Kiy in the beginning of "Russka"?
(a) 7.
(b) 17.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

7. How does Stenka Razin die?
(a) He is killed by a lover's husband.
(b) He is killed in battle.
(c) He is assassinated.
(d) He is killed by the Tsar.

8. Who helps Yanka kill Peter?
(a) Yanka's daughter.
(b) Purgas.
(c) Milei.
(d) Sebastian.

9. Who is elected elder of Dirty Place?
(a) Peter.
(b) Milei.
(c) Boris Bobrov.
(d) Yanka.

10. What does Sviatopolk try to do?
(a) Seize power from his father.
(b) Kill Ivan.
(c) Marry Emma.
(d) Run away.

11. Where do the Russians march against?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Minsk.
(c) Novgorod.
(d) Lithuania.

12. What news does Stanislaus bring to Andrei Karpenko's family?
(a) That they have to pay an enormous tax.
(b) That their farm has a new owner now.
(c) That they have to send Andrei Karpenko off to war with them.
(d) That they have to leave their farm.

13. What does Ivan tell his parents he wants to be?
(a) A monk.
(b) A prince.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A warrior.

14. What does Elena tell Boris that makes him happy?
(a) That the children will listen to her.
(b) That his doctor said he will be better soon.
(c) That the Tsar is going to help them.
(d) That she is pregnant.

15. What does Kiy ask his Uncle Mal?
(a) What is for dinner.
(b) When they will move to the hunting grounds.
(c) When he can go on the warpath.
(d) Whether he captured a bear cub.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had killed Yanka's mother?

2. What does the leader tell the Alans?

3. What is Boris afraid for when the Tsar meets with the abbot?

4. What village is at the heart of the novel?

5. When is Bright Week?

(see the answer keys)

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